3 November 2025
Here's how it works: The Recent Releases chart brings together critical reaction to new albums from more than 50 sources worldwide. It's updated daily. Albums qualify with 5 reviews, and drop out after 6 weeks into the longer timespan charts.
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Album No7 from the palindromic Berlin-based experimental post-rock and electronic instrumentalists
6.5
A warm, hypnotic record from a lovable band of anthropoids with giant electronic hearts Read Review
A masterful lesson in elegance and how to blend minimalism with majesty Read Review
Only one track exceeds four minutes — and pretty much everything is kept within the simple, repetitive riffing structure suggested by their palindromic name Read Review
The music of To Rococo Rot has always had an organic element; Speculation furthers that with a real sense of play and exploration Read Review
Speculation is undoubtedly idiosyncratic and technically brilliant; it’s just a shame that it’s a record that doesn’t ultimately care for your opinion of it Read Review
Rhythm is key throughout the record, with each track building layer upon layer of different sounds to move the listener in vastly different ways Read Review
Don’t be intimidated by the German electronica tag, this is immediate stuff – few tracks outstay their welcome Read Review
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... an exposition on repetition and its lulling, hypnotic allure, Speculation is a welcome return after To Rococo Rot's two-plus years away Read Review
As a complete work this is an excellent addition to a moody discography Read Review
As blissful or intimate as To Rococo Rot have gotten throughout their 15 years together, they’ve always been a bit easy to ignore and blocking them out is even easier on this late stage artifact Read Review
This is a looser affair than anything else in the group's catalog, surely due to their escaping Berlin city life to record with Jochen Irmler of Faust in his secluded rural German studio Read Review
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To Rococo Rot: Speculation
Snocaps Snocaps
The Crutchfield twins — accompanied by MJ Lenderman and Brad Cook — reunite for a spirited new project that plays to their strengths and embraces all the miles they’ve traveled Pitchfork
Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield and her twin sister Allison Crutchfield of Swearin’ get together for a fantastic surprise album Rolling Stone
Despite Snocaps' supergroup pedigree, their debut album feels less like boygenius-style star-making moment and more like a low-stakes romp. With a spirit of fun and camaraderie, this feels a bit like the rock-leaning cousin to Katie Crutchfield's band Plains Exclaim
Music from Katie is always welcome and, these days, not so rare. Which makes the return of Allison to the forefront on half these tracks the most wonderful of Snocaps’ surprises Under The Radar
Waxahatchee and her twin sister are joined by Lenderman and Brad Cook for an album of headstrong, tender Americana about chasing integrity and conviction The Guardian
The twin sisters’ first album together since P.S. Eliot’s breakup in 2011 is a hailstorm of warm, exceptionally-written country-rock bangers backed by MJ Lenderman and Brad Cook Paste Magazine
Witch Fever Fevereaten
Every single aspect of this record presents an elevated version of a band that many already loved, and it’s a joy to listen to Far Out
Anna Von Hausswolff ICONOCLASTS
For newcomers, this album presents a near perfect, accessible entry into her recordings All Music
The Charlatans We Are Love
The Charlatans have done with We Are Love and while it may not win them front page news, it's an accomplishment well worth applauding All Music
Florence + The Machine Everybody Scream
Her first album after three difficult years is an epic reassertion of Florence’s fearsome, spell-binding power Evening Standard
It’s the sound of a band unafraid to stare something horrible in the face and keep moving forward anyway Dork
A little more of Final Girl's filmic atmospherics might have added life and range, but when Drank The Sap hits its stride, Witch Fever max the catharsis with satisfying force. Print edition only Record Collector
Witch Fever is a band with overwhelming promise. Even in ‘FEVEREATEN’s less cohesive moments, they show their potential to grow into their sound and harness every remnant of emotion Clash
In their second full-length album, Manchester's Witch Fever deliver a high impact, genre-bending rejection of hegemony The Skinny
This is an album for the coldest of autumns and for dark nights of the soul. It’s hellish, haunting and an emotional maelstrom, deeper and more textured than Witch Fever have ever gone before. At this point, everyone needs to know who this band are Kerrang!
Since we've been around, that is. So, the highest-rated albums from the past twelve years or so. Rankings are calculated to two decimal places.
Kendrick Lamar To Pimp A Butterfly
Fiona Apple Fetch The Bolt Cutters
Kendrick Lamar Damn.
D'Angelo And The Vanguard Black Messiah
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Ghosteen
Spiritbox Tsunami Sea
Self Esteem Prioritise Pleasure
Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Skeleton Tree
Frank Ocean Channel Orange